37.4% of residents of Oak Ridge speak English at home.
37.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
21.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (21% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 10,119 (42.6%)
(32.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.5%Number of people working at home: 44 (0.4% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,108 (87%)

Carpooled: 716 (10%)

Bus or trolley bus: 49 (1%)

Railroad: 35 (0%)

Taxi: 13 (0%)

Walked: 33 (0%)

Worked at home: 44 (1%)

First ancestries reported:

Haitian: 3,490

American: 430

African: 423

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 417

Jamaican: 342

German: 146

Guyanese: 142

Irish: 79

European: 78

English: 71

Bahamian: 47

Brazilian: 46

Italian: 37

French (except Basque): 33

Scotch-Irish: 23

Syrian: 18

Serbian: 17

Swedish: 12

Scottish: 11

Bulgarian: 9

Nigerian: 8

French Canadian: 6

Greek: 6

Moroccan: 2

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

34%Haiti

15%Mexico

8%Dominican Republic

8%Vietnam

6%Cuba

4%Honduras

3%Jamaica

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 7,313

Other state: 4,588

Northeast: 1,931

Midwest: 1,095

South: 1,192

West: 358

80% of Oak Ridge residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Florida.